Flower Power at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Event Date: 
21/02/2013 - 12:15pm
Venue: 
Family Activity: Flower Power at RAMM

Thursday 21 February, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 3.30pm

There are plenty of patterns everywhere in RAMM particularly in the special exhibition, Petal Power . We hope they will inspire you to make your own patterns in this activity.

Tickets are £2 and available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Creative writing workshop: Stories and Poems Inspired by Art

Event Date: 
21/02/2013 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Meeting Room A, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Train with the professionals at this one-day creative writing workshop.

Kick-start the writing process with inspiration from RAMM’s exhibitions and artefacts. Explore what is inside and beyond the frame when it comes to making writing memorable. Writers at all levels are welcome to attend.

Led by Riptide editors and award-winning writers, Dr Ginny Baily and Dr Sally Flint, as part of Exetreme Imagination 2013.

http://www.riptidejournal.co.uk/

Entry: £25, before 10 February, from RIPTIDE, editors@riptidejournal.co.uk

Learn medieval and Tudor board games at St Nicholas Priory

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am to 22/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
St Nicholas Priory, The Mint, off Fore Street, Exeter

Never played shovegroat? Then this is your chance.

Drop in to St Nicholas Priory with the children this half term and learn some great medieval and Tudor board games.

10.30am - 3.30pm

Click here for more information.

Tudor RAMMblings – a tour of Tudor Exeter

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am to 22/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
RAMM and St Nicholas Priory, Exeter

Who would have thought that there is a Tudor city still hidden in modern Exeter?

This tour, designed for families, will start at RAMM and take approximately 45 minutes, finishing at St Nicholas Priory.

Meet at the Garden entrance, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

For more information visit: http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

Running on the Cracks at the Northcott Theatre

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 7:00pm to 23/02/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

"Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down. Don't look back. Just keep running. And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks..."

Leo's world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing...she must get out.

In a desperate bid to find the grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?

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Pilot Theatre & The Tron Theatre: Running on the Cracks

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 7:00pm to 23/02/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

"Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down. Don't look back. Just keep running. And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks..."

Leo's world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing...she must get out.

In a desperate bid to find the grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?

...

Flickbook Animation at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Courtyard, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Did you know that you can make simple animations and pop up pictures just with paper? Have a go in this special activity for Animated Exeter.

Tickets are £2 and available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

Courses on offer at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Event Date: 
19/02/2013 - 11:30am
Venue: 
A Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Pattern Design for Art, Fashion and Textiles Course

This course will focus on understanding pattern and design. Sketch and develop ideas to build a portfolio of patterns and textile designs from which to create new and exciting surfaces. WEA course C3523996.

19 February-26 March: Tuesday 19 & 26 February, 5, 12, 19 & 26 March, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Drawing from the Museum’s Collections

Journey through the collections at RAMM, discussing the historical, geographical and creative ideas that tell the story of the object. Then respond through drawing to...

Animation premiere: Exetreme Imagination

Event Date: 
19/02/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter

Watch the premiere of bite-sized films scripted, acted and directed by young people and their families working with MED Theatre.

Filmed in the atmospheric setting of St Nicholas Priory, they were inspired by RAMM’s Elizabethan collections. Try on Tudor costume and throw Shakespearian insults at each other.

Free drop-in at the Garden meeting room, 11am-4pm.

Part of two city festivals: Exetreme Imagination 2013 and Animated Exeter

http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

The Wimpy Kid Show - great family entertainment

Event Date: 
18/02/2013 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

A must for all Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans and great family entertainment. Host Alastair Watson brings the books to life with fun activities including a Greg Heffley Draw-Along and The Wimp Wars! Quiz.

The event also includes exclusive clips of author Jeff Kinney talking about the books, his involvement in the films and showing how he draws the characters.

All those who purchase a book on the day will be eligible for it to be stamped with an exclusive Wimpy Kid Show stamp.

Part of the exetreme imagination festival 2013

Tickets £5, suitable for children aged 8...

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